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    9/5/2007

    Test drive the new Windows Live suite

    You’ve probably already read about some changes we’re making to Windows Live, and have seen some of your services change over the past few weeks. Starting now, you can test out the new suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all. 

    Windows Live makes it easy to store and manage your communications and information, and share what’s going on in your life with the people who mean the most to you. Many of you have already tried out new versions of our web services – Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live SkyDrive beta, and the new Windows Live Home page beta. These have been designed to work together with a common navigation, so it is easy to switch between your e-mail, your space, your files, and your photos—from any browser.

    Today we’re releasing beta versions of a new generation of Windows Live software designed for your Windows PC that makes it easier than ever to get connected to Windows Live or other services. This suite of software includes e-mail (Windows Live Mail), photo sharing (Windows Live Photo Gallery), a great publishing tool that lets you post directly to your blog (Windows Live Writer), parental controls (Windows Live OneCare Family Safety), a new version of Windows Live Messenger (8.5), and more.

    Starting today, you’ll be able to install the entire suite of these downloadable Windows Live services at one time, from one place, instead of going through separate installations for each service. Of course, if you don’t want the entire suite, you can still get each application individually.

    This new suite of applications is a new way that we can make connecting, communicating, and sharing anywhere a terrific experience on your Windows PC. Together with our web services, we have a complete suite that combines the best of the Web and the best of Windows, and works the way you want. 

    I really hope you’ll download the betas today at http://get.live.com/wl/all, use them, and let us know what you think. Send us feedback anytime at http://feedback.live.com.

    Thanks,

    Chris Jones
    Vice President
    Windows Live Team

    9:01 AM | Blog it | New features/ new products

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    Parental Advisory Explicit ...wrote:
    May 21
    Valerie Rodgers Lugonjawrote:
    Hi, Chris.... found your blog while seaching for a solution to my problem. I cannot add categories to my live blog. It appears I am only "allowed" so many (about 12 when I go to the Blog Categories area. Yet, there are the "permanent" choices that I never use that appear when I go to select a category. I want none of those. I want to create another of my own, yet the button will not activate.
    That is the first problem. Is there a solution you know of?
    The second one is that it appears I am only allowed one categoy per blog with Live Blogs. Do you have a solution for me here to add more per blog?
    With appreciation!
    Valerie
    acanadianfoodie@live.ca
    May 15
    iLHAM -wrote:
    how to install windows live suite?! DAMNNN hellpppppp
    May 5
    Sabin Manandharwrote:
    Worst version of messenger. Keeps on giving error message with one hotmail account but always signs in with the other. Too many complaints about it on the web and can't even revert back to old version to sign in. I'm stuck in the limbo
    Apr. 20
    Yenniewrote:
    i unistalled msn9 then wen i want to install msn(2008) it sed i hve to install windows live SUITE!???! i dunno wats that!!!!! help me PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

    el msn9 es muy malo!!! noc q hacer!! (mi espanol es malo lol) bueno.. quiero el msn2008 pero no pudo me vota algo q dice "nececitas el windows live suite" pero yo noc q es!!!!!!!!..... BTW IM 12 and im speak spanish and english... but spanish is worse LOL....XD.. anyays PLEASE HELP ME
    Apr. 20
    T8tube.comwrote:
    great
    Apr. 17
    Shelley Dawsonwrote:
    yay i got my msn back!! yippeeeee!
    for anyone who wants to know:
    uninstall msn9 completely.
    install windows live messenger 2008
    layout is a bit different but still works.
    Apr. 7
    Shelley Dawsonwrote:
    i downloaded msn9 too and i cant see my contacts & they cant see me...so i tried to uninstall msn9 and reinstall msn8 but it wouldnt work so im totally screwed...wish i'd never updated!!
    Apr. 7
    inuyashawrote:
    yo me llamo sasha
    Apr. 3
    lenny lycopswrote:
    to get rid of the messenger 9 and get your old messenger back is quite simple:
    first you search google for windows install clean up
    install that program now manually delete all your files that have tot do with windows live messenger
    then run windows install clean up and remove evertyhing that has tod o with windows live messenger
    now just install your older version (8.5,8.0,etc...)
    and it should work
    Mar. 30
    Fred Crowwrote:
    I really don't think that the newest MSN really works.
    Mar. 29
    Jackie Lebelwrote:
    the new messenger totally messed up my computer.
    it won't log in anymore.

    i want to go back to the old one, but it won't let me
    it said something like "catastrophic failure"
    umm,
    help please !

    my computer is completely messedd.
    Mar. 21
    Chanel Ladywrote:
    damn it all these comments and no answer???????????? God give us out messenger 8..this 9 sucks.what u were thinking when u did it ?????
    Feb. 22
    carlos godoywrote:
    no puedo instalar la mierda esta de menssenger,
    y al igual que la de abajo me dice que necesito
    el windows live suite,. que onda?
    Feb. 19
    alexa woo chieh yiingwrote:
    anyone pls...pls..pls... help me
    i download the new version msn9 but it is totally no gd for me
    den i hope to have my msn8.5 bck
    i reinstall it but it said i doesn't install the 'window live suite'
    wat is 'window live suite'?
    some1 plsss help me with this problem...
    Feb. 19
    Merlina - Viviwrote:
    Dear Chris Jones:
    This update/change was really a very bad idea, because nothing works. WORSE!, I lost my Messenger, Live Writer and Live Mail that were working super!!! Looking for some ways to fix them (among a lot of Microsoft sites), I was only able to recover my Messenger 8.5 back, but PLEASE tell me, at least, what to do to get my WL MAIL work again!!!!! (all my contact lists were "unable to be uploaded and it shuts down due to a catastrophic error 0x8000ffff"). Now, I want to download WLM 2008 and it says it´s impossible because WL Suite is missing, but if I download it, I will lost my Messenger 8.5 again and I don´t want it. I DO WANT TO RECOVER WINDOWS LIVE AS IT WAS!!!!!!!
    Besides, and even more, I don´t understand why this can´t be solved returning the pc to a previous restore point!!!
    Please, email me the necessary instructions to fix this. This new version of WL not only doesn´t work at all, but made me (and quite a lot of other users) lost the good one. (I have Windows Vista Home edition. I regret so much of having changed my XP!!!)
    Thanks in advance for all you can do for helping me with all this mess. I DO NEED to recover WL as it was because I work a lot with it!). Will be awaiting for your soonest reply.
    PS: Windows Live Writer was completely lost!
    These "betas" are completely garbage!
    Feb. 8
    Ferdiwrote:
    i had it same, beacause i has 9.0 on that moment. I deleted 9.0 and download 8.5 that works but i see a black screen when i start up 8.5 its weird...
    Feb. 3
    dorianne sciberraswrote:
    How can i download suite??????? I want msn 8.5 back but when i try to re install. The pc doesnt let me is asking me all the time to download the windows live suite.......But i don't know.........PLS HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEE
    Jan. 31
    Maartenwrote:
    i want 8.5 WL back man, i hate 9.... i want to instal 8.5 but i don't have the suite? please help!!

    kind regards,
    Maarten
    Jan. 21
    Wombat oxwrote:
    new msn messanger i dont like cos problem cant send chat msn. i want go back old one window live messenger 8.5. i did try intalled download is fail. what i do with this? plese help me
    Jan. 12
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